“Son of man, sing a lament for Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say to him: “‘You were like a lion among the nations, but you are a monster in the seas; you thrash about in your streams, stir up the water with your feet, and muddy your streams.

The food you eat will be eight ounces a day by weight; you must eat it at fixed times.

But take a few strands of hair from those and tie them in the ends of your garment.

and say: “‘What a lioness was your mother among the lions! She lay among young lions; she reared her cubs.

When all this comes true – and it certainly will – then they will know that a prophet was among them.”

“‘Therefore this is what the sovereign Lord says: In my rage I will make a violent wind break out. In my anger there will be a deluge of rain and hailstones in destructive fury.

“Or suppose I were to bring a sword against that land and say, ‘Let a sword pass through the land,’ and I were to kill both people and animals.

He brought me to the entrance of the court, and as I watched, I noticed a hole in the wall.

I adorned you with jewelry. I put bracelets on your hands and a necklace around your neck.

They will summon a mob who will stone you and hack you in pieces with their swords.

On that day a fugitive will come to you to report the news.

(A city by the name of Hamonah will also be there.) They will cleanse the land.’

Their faces had this appearance: Each of the four had the face of a man, with the face of a lion on the right, the face of an ox on the left and also the face of an eagle.

She reared one of her cubs; he became a young lion. He learned to tear prey; he devoured people.

“Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt. Look, it has not been bandaged for healing or set with a dressing so that it might become strong enough to grasp a sword.

As a shepherd seeks out his flock when he is among his scattered sheep, so I will seek out my flock. I will rescue them from all the places where they have been scattered on a cloudy, dark day.

On the day of the new moon he will offer an unblemished young bull, and six lambs and a ram, all without blemish.

For you are not being sent to a people of unintelligible speech and difficult language, but to the house of Israel –

“Son of man, you are living in the midst of a rebellious house. They have eyes to see, but do not see, and ears to hear, but do not hear, because they are a rebellious house.

Tell the ones who coat it with whitewash that it will fall. When there is a deluge of rain, hailstones will fall and a violent wind will break out.